Heat and Moisture Exchange Devices: Are They Doing What They Are Supposed to Do?

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 382-385

  Lemmens, Harry J M ^a   Brock Utne, John G ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANESTHETIC EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; BREATHING MECHANICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVECTIVE HEAT LOSS; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; EVAPORATION; EVAPORATIVE HEAT LOSS; GAS; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEAT EXCHANGE; HEAT EXCHANGE DEVICE; HEAT LOSS; HUMAN; HUMIDIFIER; HUMIDITY; IN VIVO STUDY; INSPIRATORY GAS; LUNG DEAD SPACE; MEASUREMENT; MOISTURE; MOISTURE EXCHANGE DEVICE; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARD; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS; TIDAL VOLUME; WARMING;

EID: 1642460018     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000096560.96727.37     Document Type: Article

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